Crane collapses

Three men were injured when a crane collapsed at a building in North Sydney. The three workers – aged 24, 28 and 36 – were inside the crane when it malfunctioned, collapsed and hit a concrete well yesterday morning, police said. The three were attached by lanyard, suspended about 60 metres off the ground, when the crane fell, but the 24-year-old managed to extricate himself and climbed to safety on the roof of the Meriton building. Fellow workers used a second crane to lower a metal box to the trapped men. All three were taken to Royal North Shore Hospital with non life-threatening injuries.